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[VIDEOS] Central Punjab's seamer Mohammad Ali

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We've a new face in our Test squad vs England - rightarm seamer Mohammad Ali from Sialkot. He's officially 30 years old and surprisingly only made his FC debut in 2018. Nevertheless his numbers have been impressive in the last two seasons for Central Punjab:

21/22 - 32 wickets at 22.78. He was the leading wicket-taker amongst seamers, and second leading overall behind spinner Ali Usman.

22-23 - 24 wickets at 25.54. Again so far leading wicket-taker amongst seamers, and third leading overall behind spinners Abrar Ahmed and Mubasir Khan.

Here's some footage. Seems willing to pitch the ball up and gets lateral movement, probably will start in Pindi.

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Good bowler for overcast conditions

If he can swing the ball in Pakistan, he can swing it anywhere
 
Fully deserves his selection.

Seen him bowl some great spells these past 2 seasons, both with new and old ball.
 
Speaking on TV:

“I can’t express my happiness in words. I’m speechless at the moment,”

“Hard work always pays off and that is what I have always believed in,”

“Shane Bond, Shoaib Akhtar and Dale Steyn are among the bowlers I admire"

“I liked Shoaib Akhtar because of his aggression, pace and attitude towards the game. All three bowlers had a similar approach towards cricket,"
 
Seems alright. Angles it into the RHB with a slightly wide release. Will be a handful when the ball moves.

But if PCB makes pitches like they did for Australia tour, you need some X factor in terms of pace and/or height.
 
He is not gonna play. Seems to be a more of a tabish khan type selectiom where the top performer is given a call up and maybe given one test game eventually than get dropped.

He doesnt have any pace, just runs and delivers. If he is a mohammad asif or mcgrath type bowlrr than thats great.

If without pace he isnt a mcgrath type bowler than he will get discarded soon and righly so.

People say the highest wicket taker needs to be selected based on quantitative data but you have to look at qualitative aspect aswell. Not every topper in domestic is gonna be good enough at international.

Anyways, lets see, in the pcb video he seems unthreatning as he isnt really getting the swing that abbas used to get
 
Not too convinced. England play bowlers like him every day. He might get massacred if he plays.
 
Well deserved selection and seems very likely to make his debut immediately. Him & Naseem will be threatening with the new bowl.
 
He is regarded as a workhorse bowler who can bowl long spells and get you wickets. I think if Pakistan are playing Rauf and Naseem, they need a support seamer like him to keep the other two fresh and bowl tight lines. Plus, he has been doing well in QeA for a couple of seasons now so I think his selection is quite deserved.
 
Major said:
He is not gonna play. Seems to be a more of a tabish khan type selectiom where the top performer is given a call up and maybe given one test game eventually than get dropped.

He doesnt have any pace, just runs and delivers. If he is a mohammad asif or mcgrath type bowlrr than thats great.

If without pace he isnt a mcgrath type bowler than he will get discarded soon and righly so.

People say the highest wicket taker needs to be selected based on quantitative data but you have to look at qualitative aspect aswell. Not every topper in domestic is gonna be good enough at international.

Anyways, lets see, in the pcb video he seems unthreatning as he isnt really getting the swing that abbas used to get
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He doesn't need express pace if he can hit the right areas. Very much a new ball bowler, looks to get some good early swing, but can't imagine he'd be much use once the shine has gone. Maybe later on if he can reverse the old ball.
 
There will be alot of leather chasing come the ENG Series experience players like Abbas Hassan Ali should have been in playing XI
 
Doesn't seems to have enough pace to trouble English batters who plays such type of bowlers every day in county cricket in more bowling friendly and bouncy conditions and I am pretty sure PCB will not churn out a green or bouncy track so he will be pretty useless in my opinion.
 
The one thing I liked about him is the wide angle outswingers and the one which doesn't swing away but instead seams in , if he can do that while consistently being in135k-140k range then he could be special but I don't know if he can do that specially he is already 30+
 
He averages 25 with the ball in the new system. Good considering it is Kookaburra balls
 
Muhammad Saad said:
Doesn't seems to have enough pace to trouble English batters who plays such type of bowlers every day in county cricket in more bowling friendly and bouncy conditions and I am pretty sure PCB will not churn out a green or bouncy track so he will be pretty useless in my opinion.
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Just like they owned Abbas and Asif? :asif

We should back the bowler who did well in domestic. Pace is not as important in red ball as white ball. We need experienced bowlers from FC representing test cricket. He should def play.
 
Farabi said:
Just like they owned Abbas and Asif? :asif

We should back the bowler who did well in domestic. Pace is not as important in red ball as white ball. We need experienced bowlers from FC representing test cricket. He should def play.
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Both Abbas and Asif had big seam movement that's why they succeeded, Ali doesn't have big seam movement but his wide angle coupled with little seam movement can be handful provided that he is more quicker than Abbas and Asif , that's the only way he can get success against England otherwise they will treat him as just another county bowler who can swing the ball at 130k+
 
Batsmen will have to play his outswingers almost every delivery instead of leaving them because of the wide angle and a doubt of ball seaming in , he just need to have enough pace to pose a real challenge to English batters.
 
Last year he was alot quicker but wasn't bowling with the wide angle and also his outswinger were not as good as it is now , perhaps he has lost his pace this season or trying something new this year.
But last year he was more successful with that extra pace.
 
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Also last season he was bowling alot back off the length deliveries compare to more fuller deliveries this season.
 
Major said:
He is not gonna play. Seems to be a more of a tabish khan type selectiom where the top performer is given a call up and maybe given one test game eventually than get dropped.

He doesnt have any pace, just runs and delivers. If he is a mohammad asif or mcgrath type bowlrr than thats great.

If without pace he isnt a mcgrath type bowler than he will get discarded soon and righly so.

People say the highest wicket taker needs to be selected based on quantitative data but you have to look at qualitative aspect aswell. Not every topper in domestic is gonna be good enough at international.

Anyways, lets see, in the pcb video he seems unthreatning as he isnt really getting the swing that abbas used to get
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I think he's quicker than you think. Just ambles in
 
He is a no nonsense bowler from what i have seen , doesnt bowl short much often. His length is the key to his success in the domestic ,bowls full and gets a little bit of movement. His strike rate is very good as well.

But honestly i dont think he will get a chance in the series against england unless our quicks fail in the first two test matches.(the 1st test in rwp probably wont be played at all given the situation).
 
Major said:
He is not gonna play. Seems to be a more of a tabish khan type selectiom where the top performer is given a call up and maybe given one test game eventually than get dropped.

He doesnt have any pace, just runs and delivers. If he is a mohammad asif or mcgrath type bowlrr than thats great.

If without pace he isnt a mcgrath type bowler than he will get discarded soon and righly so.

People say the highest wicket taker needs to be selected based on quantitative data but you have to look at qualitative aspect aswell. Not every topper in domestic is gonna be good enough at international.

Anyways, lets see, in the pcb video he seems unthreatning as he isnt really getting the swing that abbas used to get
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Difference being Tabish was selected way past his sell date when he wasn't a top performer in domestic.

M Ali is CURRENTLY the best performing seamer in domestics.
 
Mohammed Ali speaking to the PCB

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He is capable of bowling long spell. should definitely play in first test to complement Naseem,Haris rauf
 
MenInG said:
Mohammed Ali speaking to the PCB

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Best of luck to him. Seems like an educated person. Haven't seen many in Pakistan cricket.
 
To be honest, didn't see it coming. Surprising selection.

But can't say that he didn't merit it; has been the unsung hero of the last couple of years and toiling away as the lone bowling warrior for CP. Don't know if he has what it takes to succeed at international level but with Shaheen's absence and Hasan Ali/Abbas' downfall, the selection committee didn't have a lot to choose from. I think he would struggle massively when the ball gets old so whatever impact he can make will be with the new/semi-new ball.

Somebody like Sameen Gul could have been a left-field choice but he missed major chunk of Quaid-e-Azam trophy, so can't really advocate for his selection over Ali's.
 
MenInG said:
Mohammed Ali speaking to the PCB

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Like his outlook on life and the game. Hope he gets the debut at Pindi because I think we need a bowler in there who can bowl long, potent spells.
 
Aaqib Javed questions Mohammad Ali's inclusion:

"Mohammad Ali is an ordinary fast bowler and not a special case. I am surprised to see Mohammad Ali preferred over Mir Hamza"
 
MenInG said:
Aaqib Javed questions Mohammad Ali's inclusion:

"Mohammad Ali is an ordinary fast bowler and not a special case. I am surprised to see Mohammad Ali preferred over Mir Hamza"
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Mohammad may need to contact Lahore Qalandars for a contract before Aaqib praises him.
 
Don't call him fast bowler. Azhar Mahmood was way better than him. His bowling is similar to partimers like Ganguly, Astle, Steve Wagh, Fahim, Grandhome, Sarkar....
 
Line and length are his strengths. Needs to be on the mark with those if he's to have any impact
 
He's a good bowler but this is the worst possible pitch for his bowling style.
 
Isn't accurate enough and his plans are failing because of lack of accuracy and certainly doesn't have enough pace as well.
 
Not the pitch to judge any fast bowler on.

A complete metalled road. Shame on Rambo the coward.
 
Same pitch Anderson will rip our batsmen. These are pretend fast bowler. Even Anwar Ali had better potential.
 
Yet another trundler. On what basis are these bowlers actually selected for Pakistan?
 
Pope is running down to him as if this was a toothless spinner bowling in the nets.
 
Shafi said:
Same pitch Anderson will rip our batsmen. These are pretend fast bowler. Even Anwar Ali had better potential.
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How did it go for Cummins, Hazlewood and Starc on this dead pindi wicket?? 3 of them combined to produce 1 wicket in 1st innings.

This simply is a disgrace of a wicket and no fastbowler deserves this torture.
 
Marooned said:
How did it go for Cummins, Hazlewood and Starc on this dead pindi wicket?? 3 of them combined to produce 1 wicket in 1st innings.

This simply is a disgrace of a wicket and no fastbowler deserves this torture.
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This pitch is flat but not 500 in a day. 350 maybe. Terrible bowling.
 
Surprised how he clocks 140 kph so often with that action. Didnt look that quick visually but pretty quick on the speedgun.
 
Tough first day for him.

But looking at his numbers in the QeA Trophy this season, they weren't exactly brilliant stats.

24 wickets in 6 matches.
 
he will have never played a game like this, no domestic cricket can prepare a fast bowler to bridge the chasm between domestic and test level, let alone bazball. i actually feel a bit sorry for him, he's obviously a medium pace seam bowler who gets a bit of wobble in the right conditions.

he has been given nothing to work with here, add on to that debut nerves and the impending realistion that he's unlikely to get a long run in the team and theres nothing he can do about it.
 
What a way to shaft a player lol

Give him a debut with 2 other debutants on a phatta against an attacking team.

I feel really sorry for him.

No chance of using his skillset on a phatta, no help because there are no senior bowlers in the side, and no scoreboard pressure to help either.
 
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The only positive from him was that he was bowling quickly than expected and even breached 140k few times , could be good bowler in helpful conditions
 
2 wickets (2/124) for Mohammad Ali on debut (so far).
 
Flat_Track_Bully said:
He's 30, real age probably 33. What is the purpose of his inclusion?
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No ideal options wherever we look. Maybe it's better we try a new bowler with experience than ruin a career like we did with Musa, or bring back a TTF like Hasan Ali when he can't even take wickets in domestic this year.

It seems Mir Hamza might be considered too slow for national side but i'd like to see him thrown in next. He is probably the same age as Mohammad Ali though. Maybe a bit of chop and change is needed to find someone experienced to cover for a year or two while we wait for youngsters to develop.
 
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